Mexican Home Uke tab by John Prine

Intro:
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It got so hot last night, I swear, you couldn't hardly breathe
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Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol
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I sat on the porch without my shoes
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And I watched the cars roll by
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As the headlights raced to the corner of the kitchen wall

Chorus:
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Mama dear you boy is here. Far across the sea
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Waiting for that sacred core that burns inside of me
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And I feel a storm all wet and warm not ten miles away
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Approaching my Mexican home

Instrumental:
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My God, I cried. It's so hot inside you could die in the living room
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Take the fan from the window-prop the door open with a broom
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Well, the cuckoo clock has died of shock
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And the windows feel no pane
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The air's as still as a throttle on a funeral train

Repeat Chorus:

Instrumental:
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My father died on the porch outside on an August afternoon
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I sipped bourbon and cried with a friend by the light of the moon
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So it's hurry hurry! Step right up
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It's a matter of life or death  
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Well, the sun's going down and the moon is just holding it's breath

Repeat Chorus:

Ending:
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Approaching my Mexican home (x2)

Instrumental-Repeat and Fade:
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